G Adventures

G Adventures

Hi, we‘re G Adventures

We’re the world’s greatest small group adventure travel company and we’ve been that way for more than 30 years. How’d we do it? It’s simple — by listening to our travellers and giving them exactly what they want. We’re talking flexible itineraries, freedom to explore, safety and peace of mind, smaller groups, and locally based guides who are, without a doubt, the best in the game. If this sounds like your kind of adventure, well, it appears you landed on the right page.

With over 800 trips across all seven continents, we’re all over the map — in a good way. And with a whole lot of Travel Styles to choose from, we’ve got every type of adventure under the sun too. Heart-pumping trips that’ll get you moving. Marine-based trips that’ll have you cruising. And even fancy trips that’ll have you swooning. Do you want adventures? We’ve got ‘em in every shape and size. Our trips are a ridiculous amount of fun — but it doesn’t stop there.

When you travel with us, you’ll discover our commitment to doing good is in everything we do. It’s in the places we eat, the places we sleep, and even in the trees we grow for each day you travel with us. Wherever we go, we’re committed to giving back to the people and places we visit. This is a little something we like to call “Community Tourism” — and it’s at the core of every single thing we do.

The difference we’re making together

Trees for Days

When you say your trips are good for the world, that has to include the planet too. Trees For Days is our global program for doing just that. For every day a traveller is on one of our trips, we’ll grow a tree on their behalf in one of 16 reforestation projects around the world. More days equals more trees, and a healthier planet overall.


Planeterra

Planeterra is our non-profit partner dedicated to making sure communities touched by tourism benefit from the opportunities it provides. They do this by helping empower local people to develop their communities, conserve their cultures, and implement plans for reaching their goals. In celebration of its 20th anniversary in 2023, Planeterra announced the launch of Project 300: its latest mission to uplift over 300 communities through tourism by the year 2030. Ripple Score When it comes to benefiting local economies, we want to put our money where our mouth is. That’s why we created the Ripple Score. On a scale from 1 to 100, it shows what percentage of a traveller’s money stays in the local communities they visit on their trip with us. The higher the number, the bigger the impact their money has. 

Sustainability

Ripple Score

Ripple Score is G Adventures’ way of measuring how much of a positive local impact our tours have in the communities they visit. At G, we feel it’s our responsibility to be as transparent as possible about how often we choose local businesses or services to bring each of our adventures to life.

Ripple Score assesses our tours to see how much money is spent locally on all the services it takes to run a G Adventures tour — like accommodations, restaurants and transportation. The higher the Ripple Score, the more money that is staying in the local community.

The scoring system was created with our non-profit partner Planeterra and Sustainable Travel International.

How our Ripple Score works
Define
What is local? We had to ensure our definition was fair and easy to understand. To qualify as a local business or service, 50% or more must be owned by a legal resident or national citizen of the country where it operates.

Evaluate
Next, we look at every business and service we work with to determine which qualify as being locally owned and operated. We gather as much information as we can from every one of our partners to get a clear understanding on how their operations are run.

Calculate
Using the information we collect, we look at what we spend in each destination to operate that tour and calculate what percentage of that local cost is going to a local business or service. The more local operation costs that stay locally, the better the ripple effect in those communities and the greater the Ripple Score.

Unique Services

  • Locally Based Guides
  • Small Groups
  • Built to support local communities.
  • 13 travel styles
  • 100% guaranteed departures
  • Community Tourism

Take A Journey With Us:

Tel: 01706 770150

Email: shop@designertravel.co.uk

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